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Bar none, the greatest two reel Comedy ever made! - Haunted Spooks
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Title: Haunted Spooks

Release Date: 14 Mar 1920

Runtime: 25m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Rolin Films

Production Companies: Rolin Films

Overview: After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property.

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Average Vote: 6.2 (34 votes)

Cast

  • The Boy: Harold Lloyd
  • The Girl: Mildred Davis
  • The Uncle: Wally Howe
  • Short Butler (uncredited): Sammy Brooks
  • The Lawyer (uncredited): William Gillespie
  • Kitchen Staff Member (uncredited): Mark Jones
  • Fat Butler (uncredited): Dee Lampton
  • Bearded Man in Car (uncredited): Sam Lufkin
  • Little Boy (uncredited): Sunshine Sammy Morrison
  • The Other Girl (uncredited): Marie Mosquini
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